Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday dedicated to the nation 75 infrastructure projects including bridges, roads and helipads built at a cost of Rs 2,180 crore in strategically key areas of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim among others.
He inaugurated the projects at a function held at the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DS-DBO) road that provides connectivity to India’s northernmost outpost of Daulat Beg Oldi in eastern Ladakh.
The highlight of the event was the onsite inauguration of 120-metre-long ‘class-70 Shyok Setu’ on the DS-DBO Road at an altitude 14,000 feet, the defence ministry said.
